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Custom and Myth

Custom and Myth

by Andrew Lang

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Author
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Credits
Transcribed from the 1884 Longmans, Green and Co. edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
Subject
Manners and customs
Category
Text
eBook-No.
14080
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14080
Release Date
November 17, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CUSTOM AND MYTH
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.THE METHOD OF FOLKLORE.
  4. 4.THE BULL-ROARER. A Study of the Mysteries.
  5. 5.THE MYTH OF CRONUS.
  6. 6.CUPID, PSYCHE, AND THE ‘SUN-FROG.’
  7. 7.A FAR-TRAVELLED TALE. — NICHT NOUGHT NOTHING.
  8. 8.APOLLO AND THE MOUSE.
  9. 9.STAR MYTHS.
  10. 10.MOLY AND MANDRAGORA.
  11. 11.‘KALEVALA’; OR, THE FINNISH NATIONAL EPIC.
  12. 12.THE DIVINING ROD.
  13. 13.HOTTENTOT MYTHOLOGY.
  14. 14.FETICHISM AND THE INFINITE.
  15. 15.THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY.
  16. 16.THE ART OF SAVAGES. {276}
  17. 17.Footnotes:

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